Hello. I'm Leo with the Essiac expert, and I'm here to answer a very frequently asked question. Does the eight herb Essiac tea formula contributes to the formation of kidney stones? The answer is no, and let me explain to you why. There's four main types of kidney stones that are formed in the urinary tract, and these are: calcium, cysteine, strurites, and uric acid. The most common ones come from calcium, but there's two subtypes. You have the calcium oxalates, which is about 70% of them, and then you have the calcium phosphates, which is the other 30%. Now people are concerned that because there's a little bit of oxalates in the Essiac tea formula that may contribute to kidney formation, and this is far from the truth. So when you consume any product that has oxalates, whether it's food or whether it's drink, only 2-15% of these oxalates are absorbed into the body from the intestines, and the rest gets excreted in the into the feces. So there is a very minimal concentration that is being absorbed and very small percentage getting into the bloodstream. So does the eight herb Essiac tea formula helps contributes to the formation of kidney stones? The evidence confirms that it does not.
People are concerned that because of the little bit of oxalates in the Essiac tea formula that they believe may contribute to kidney formation, and this is far from the truth.
When you consume any product that has oxalates, whether it's food or whether it's drink, only 2-15% of these oxalates are absorbed into the body from the intestines, and the rest gets excreted in the into the feces. So there is a very minimal concentration that is being absorbed and very small percentage getting into the bloodstream.
One of the best things that you can do when ingesting oxalates is to make sure you have sufficient calcium in your diet, because the calcium helps bind to the oxalates which makes them less able to form kidney stones. Luckily, Essiac tea is a rich source of calcium.1
So does the eight herb Essiac tea formula helps contributes to the formation of kidney stones? The evidence confirms that it does not.
